The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-07-28
MINNESOTA NEWS.

The sheriff OF Pine county shut down the
Snake river Chengwatonna dam at Pine
City, thus stopping the sluicing through
of so, 900, 900 ieet OF logs. Tho advance
OF this drive was at the DAM and as the
drivers were about to open the dam the
sheriff appeared and stopped proceedings
The legislature OF 1886 passed an act in
the interest OF Pine City. forbidding the
lrawing off the flowage Of the dam below a
certain point. 1t was claimed by the au-
thorities of that city that when the water
was below Il certain point it set free
an unbearable stencil over tho city
Henry Coleman is cut In twain by a
passing engine.
Ed McIntee, prominent farmer OF
Manannah town, was killed by falling from
the window OF q hotel.
Last season there was 25o,O0O bushels
Of wheat marketed ut Hutchinson. A
careful estimate will reduce that amount
cne- third for this season owing to the
drouth.
At the Northern Pacific Junction, fire
started in the east yard OF Paine Il Co. 8
lumber mill and before it was checked de-
stroyed 1000, 900 feet OF lumber and caus-
cd loss OF at least $50. 600.
The Rochester Electric Light and Power
company has been Incorporated with a
porators are: C. w. Streetcr and w. Wal
ter, Rochester: Theodore Woodbury., Port.
land, Me-; Henry c. Hodskins John V.
Clarke and John +. Moffet, Water town,
NY.
At Gaylord, p. T. Thaele & Sons general
store and Q. II. Strenke's hardware store
were burned. Insurance on Thaele Il Som y
stock, $4,000; Strenke' 8 insurance, 81. 200
on stock.
Henry Sass, OF Dundas, died from sun
stroke.
j. II. Smiths house in Clear Lake was
burned. Loss, $500; insurance $500.
H. Myers OF Vcrniale has begun the orec-
ton OF the 50, 200 school house at Hub
bard. A 81, 800 Catholic church is to be
built. A weekly newspaper is soon to be
published there.
A violent electric wind and rain storm
passed over Wadena at 8 o'clock Saturday
the 9th inst. Anew two-story frame build
ing in the centre of tho village owned by
Fred Buhr of Perham was blown to the
ground. The was blown from the house
Of j Ohm Cokely IL farmer living two miles
southwest Of the village, and Byron Waits
new house. one mile south OF the village,
was blown down.
Tho barn Of Thomas Sloan, twelve miles
west of Redwood Falls, with its contents,
consisting OF grain, hay and machinery,
was burned. Loss, s 400.
The most destructive fire ever known In
Waterville, Waseca Co., occurred at 1:3O
last Sunday morning the 10th inst, en-
tirely destroying the furniture factory OF
L. II. Rogers. The fire originated in the
engine room, and was completely beyond
control when discovered. Besides the fac
tory, new finishing room and u paint
shop, which was completely covered with
iron and considered fire proof, was burned.
The loss is $25, ,0OO with SO. 600 insuran ce.
F. B. Netzer, commission merchant at
Saltwater assigns with $4,000 liabili-
ties.
Fred Tank, d we'll. .to-do farmer OF Welch,
was thrown from his buggy in Douglas
while on his way to church in New Trier.
He lived only five minutes.
At Anoka, the large planning mill, the
property OF the Mile Lacs Lumber COM
totally destroyed. LOSS, $4,000; not in
,ured.
Chas. Sellers, ono OF the commi ssioners
of st. Louis county, and OF the lumber
firm OF Sellers u Owens, was dangerously
and probably fatally injured by the burst
ing OF the saw in mill at Tower recently.
The grand lodge OF Sons OF Herman was
neld at st. Peter. There were eighty rep.
resentatives present, and every lodge in the
state was represented but that OF Lake
City. The following officers were elected
tor tho ensuing year: President, Emil
Kreuger, Saltwater; vice president, II. &.
Miller, ST. Peter secretary, A. Numann,
st. Paul; treas urer, NJ. Walter, st. Paul;
trustees, Edward Hammer, st. Paul;
Jacob Christ, Red Wing representatives
20 tho national grand lodge, j ulius Berndt,
New Ulm; ]. c. Haupt, st. Paul; William
Theobold, st. Paul. The next annual meet
ing will be held at Henderson.
The Indian commissioner directs an ap.
peal from Judge Nelson's decision in
Beaulieu's case Judge Nelson's decree
held to be contrary to United States SUI
preme court decisions.
A suit for divorce in the district court
at Hastings has been begun by Thomas H.
Rooney against his wife, upon the grounds
Of willful desertion. There ages are forty
sght and thirty eight years respectively,
aud they were married in Worthwhile, N.
T., April 3, 1899.
Hastings proposes to bore for gas.
The chamber of commerce at st. Cloud,
voted to accept the proposition of gentle
man from the southern part OF the state
to put in a FIGURING mill at once for the
bonus offered by the city.
Winona and Mankato are treated to an
jncursion OF chinch bugs, which fill the air
and cover the streets.
At Lake City, Howard Thomson, q Un.
ion soldier in the lato war, died OF typhoid
lever.
George Trent. who was arl ested in Chi
.ago and brought to st. Paul some time
ago on the charge OF forging checks on the
American Express company, was bound
over to the grand jury in the sum of
$1,000. Trent was station agent at
Stew art, MINI.
A six year old son OF John O'Malley, q
iarmer five miles east Of Tracy, fell in we'll
and was drowned.
While driving from Chatfield to Dover,
Mr.. and Mrs. Coulson. an old couple, were
thrown from their wagon. Mr.. Coulson
was perhaps fatally and his wife serious-
iy injured.
Senator Sabin OF Minnesota expects to
become the guest OF Charles Watrous of
N. Y, for 81 trip along tho eastern coast in
the yacht Republic.
Henry Orlemann, the father-inlaw OF the
late Hermann Grote, of st. Paul was ap-
pointed special administrators for tho
estate Of the deceased, who died intestate.
He will be required to give bonds to the
amount OF $50, 900.
The case OF the state against George
Baden, OF Minneapolis, for selling beer on
Sunday WAS determined by q decision OF
the supreme court in favor of the state.
Judge Vanderburgh disposes OF the ques-
tions briefly as follows: Under the pro-
isions OF section 229 of the penal code,
beer is not ono OF the articles permitted to
be publicly sold on Sunday. Under that
section q purchaser is not particeps crim-
ins. Nor does tho fact that he il in pur-
suit OF evidence against persons selling
contrary to the provisions OF the statute
make him an accomplice.
At Mankato Henry Hamilton Jr.,
youngest son OF II. M. Hamilton, OF the
Mankato House, died Of peritonitis.
Nathaniel Sterrett, q pioneer settler OF
Mount Pleasant, Wabasha county, died OF
spinal meningitis, aged seventy-four years.
Edward Calder, whose fiancee is on her
way from Scotland, was killed by an eleva-
tor ut st. Paul.
At Rochester, Alexander White, the
young man who had three ribs broken by
a premature discharge OF the cannon while
firing n Fourth Of July sunrise salute, died
OF his injuries. A younger brother who
had been an invalid for a long time, died